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Some of the words used in CIviCRM English have a specific meaning for which no equivalent exists or an equivalent is not the same as a proper translation.
Example:
English web site ==> German homepage (homepage in English is the first page in German it is used for the whole site).
ACL (Access control list) No equivalent exists in German. It is clumsy to have to explain at each instance what ACL's are.

In my opinion it would be helpful to have a glossary that can be called up for words that are either acronyms or are not translatable. An explanation of the word or expression in more or less detail can be given.

Does such a possibility exist? If not, could it be provided?

Hallo Michal

Thank you for the hint.

I have started adding a German list of translated words and will try to apply it to the translated text.
I have added at the same place translation principles I use for German.

Questions remain:
1) Where could the user of civicrm find the translation of the used acronyms. Example ACL is not translated. (Poor German user who has no clue what it means has nowhere to go!)
2) There seem to be functions in Pootle like a list of acronyms (show checks) but I cannot find a documentation on how to use or how to change it. Where can I get more information?

regards sawjer

Hey,

Ad 1. I guess the answer to you question is  - there is no such place within CiviCRM. One solution would be to have German documentation, or at least the translation of Glossary documentation page. Another - you can always try to translate acronyms to full words (like "ACL" -> "Zugriffssteuerungsliste" (after wikipedia)).

OK, there is no such place. But would it be possible to provide such a place?
I am not so much pressed to document Acronyms but more the use of words (often left intentionally English because it has gained an established meaning), which would be too clumsy to write  the full explanation every time.